intensity meaning

Definition of intensity in English Dictionary

• NounPLintensitiesSUF-ity+-
  1. the quality of being intense.
  2. the degree of strength.
  3. (physics) time-averaged energy flux (the ratio of average power to the area through which the power "flows"); irradiance.
  4. (optics) can mean any of radiant intensity, luminous intensity or irradiance.
  5. (astronomy) syn. radiance.
  6. (geology) The severity of an earthquake in terms of its effects on the earth's surface, and buildings. The value depends on the distance from the epicentre, and is not to be confused with the magnitude.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • Subjects with elementary or higher education level had higher intensity of avoidance-oriented strategies in the hemodialyzed group.
     • Au-NRs were incubated in BSA at the concentrations shown, subjected to five cycles of centrifugation and redispersion in water and then analyzed for LSPR peak intensity and peak shift.
     • Background subtracted data was normalized to the average intensity of the 3 prebleached images [ …]

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Nouns
     • Countable nouns

Other Vocabulary

1. en intensify
2. fr intensité
3. en intensely
4. en integrity
5. en ingenuity